Spiral gradient echo versus cartesian turbo spin echo imaging for sagittal contrast-enhanced fat-suppressed weighted spine MRI: an inter-individual comparison study.

Objectives: To compare a novel 3D spiral gradient echo (GRE) sequence with a conventional 2D cartesian turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence for sagittal contrast-enhanced (CE) fat-suppressed (FS) weighted (W) spine MRI.

Methods: In this inter-individual comparison study, 128 patients prospectively underwent sagittal CE FS W spine MRI with either a 2D cartesian TSE ("TSE", 285 s, 64 patients) or a 3D spiral GRE sequence ("Spiral", 93 s, 64 patients). Between both groups, patients were matched in terms of anatomical region (cervical/thoracic/lumbar spine and sacrum).

Single shot zonal oblique multislice SE-EPI diffusion-weighted imaging with low to ultra-high b-values for the differentiation of benign and malignant vertebral spinal fractures.

Purpose: To investigate the diagnostic yield of low to ultra-high b-values for the differentiation of benign from malignant vertebral fractures using a state-of-the-art single-shot zonal-oblique-multislice spin-echo echo-planar diffusion-weighted imaging sequence (SShot ZOOM SE-EPI DWI).

Materials And Methods: 66 patients (34 malignant, 32 benign) were examined on 1.5 T MR scanners.

Diffusion-weighted MRI of ischemic stroke at 3T: Value of synthetic -values.

Objectives: Diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of ischemic stroke. We assessed the value of computed and acquired high b-value DWI in comparison with conventional = 1000 s mm DWI for ischemic stroke at 3T.

Methods: We included 36 patients with acute ischemic stroke who presented with diffusion abnormalities on DWI performed within 24 h of symptom onset.

Impact of Acoustic Noise Reduction on Patient Experience in Routine Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Objectives: Acoustic noise emission from MRI scanners is considered a major factor of patient discomfort during routine MRI examinations. We prospectively evaluated the impact of acoustic noise reduction using software implementations in routine clinical MRI on subjective patient experience and image quality.

Methods: Two-hundred consecutive patients undergoing one of four MRI examinations (brain, lumbar spine, shoulder, and knee) at a single center were prospectively randomized into two groups at a 1 to 1 ratio: standard MRI examination and MRI examination with acoustic noise reduction.

Compressed SENSE accelerated 3D T1w black blood turbo spin echo versus 2D T1w turbo spin echo sequence in pituitary magnetic resonance imaging.

Purpose: To compare image quality between a 2D T1w turbo spin echo (TSE) sequence and a Compressed SENSE accelerated 3D T1w black blood TSE sequence (equipped with a black blood prepulse for blood signal suppression) in pre- and postcontrast imaging of the pituitary and to assess scan time reductions.

Methods And Materials: For this retrospective study, 56 patients underwent pituitary MR imaging at 3T. 28 patients were scanned with the 2D- and 28 patients with the accelerated 3D sequence.

Reduction of procedure times in routine clinical practice with Compressed SENSE magnetic resonance imaging technique.

Objectives: Acceleration of MR sequences beyond current parallel imaging techniques is possible with the Compressed SENSE technique that has recently become available for 1.5 and 3 Tesla scanners, for nearly all image contrasts and for 2D and 3D sequences. The impact of this technique on examination timing parameters and MR protocols in a clinical setting was investigated in this retrospective study.

Influence of dietary vitamin E and C supplementation on vitamin E and C content and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) in different tissues of growing pigs.

To investigate the influence and possible interactions of dietary vitamin E and C supplementation on vitamin content of both vitamins and oxidative stability of different pork tissues 40 Large White barrows from 25 kg to 106 kg were allocated to four different cereal based diets: Basal diet (B), dl-alpha-tocopherylacetate + 200 mg/kg (E), crystalline ascorbic acid + 300 mg/kg (C) or both vitamins (EC). At slaughtering samples of liver, spleen, heart, kidney, backfat outer layer, ham and M. tongissimus dorsi were obtained.